[Right_Wing_Madman]

And the people of Ukraine have not forgotten that.

The origins of the Holomodor remain in dispute. Academics agree there was a famine, but recent research points to environmental factors as the primary cause, and not an intentional genocide.

"Mark Tauger , an associate professor in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences , concludes in his book that claims the former Soviet Union engineered the 1933 famine are exaggerated. He further argues that the food shortage was not an act of genocide."

WVU professor's work on Soviet famine sparks debate 76 years later
January 7th, 2009

http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2009/01/07/7391.html

"The famine's cause was primarily environmental - the same global climate events that lead to the near-concurrent American dustbowl, and Ukraine was one of the lightest regions hit by famine - it was far worse in Khazhakstan."

Letter to Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/PublicTestimonyDocument/41486

[Paladin2]

“He further argues that the food shortage was not an act of genocide.””

Is he openly a Commie or does he tend to hang out in the closet?

[Jonty30]

I remember reading how the Soviet military would load up the food and seeds by the trainload.

Whatever environment issues that might have existed may have exacerbated the acts of the Soviet government, but the primary cause was the Soviet government.

[happyathome]

Robert Conquest and his mountain of research would disagree. To be joined by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.